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Ask Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson to recite a list of his injuries over the last four years and it sounds as if he's reading from an anatomy textbook. "Right foot, left finger," he begins. "Back, elbow." There are few major body parts that have been spared. "It's like a stunt double," he said. "For me, being fairly unathletic, to hurt so many parts of my body, that's pretty remarkable." If that's the case, then both the pitcher and the Dodgers are hoping this season is unremarkable. Because if anyone is overdue for some good luck it's Anderson, who has spent more time on the disabled list than on the active roster...

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